In this NPR story, Bittman explains that all industrial farming has an impact on the environment, but we can all take a step toward lessening that impact.

Bittman says it really comes down to cooking, so if you buy and cook your own, you tend to put much better things in your mouth. It's of course a bigger idea than that--he says one-fifth of global warming is caused by global production of meat, between the cow methane and the factories. And that's at the heart of his book: it's really all about the fact that you can't be environmentally conscious without re-evaluating what you eat.

We're fans of sustainable farming and can't seem to quite go full vegetarian (hello, Texas barbecue? Don't think we're giving that up.) ...So we're thinking this book is for us.

To top it off, there are recipes involved. How can it get any better than that? We're totally picking up a copy this weekend.